$1000 Hobbit Greenhouses grow Oranges without heating in snow

[@chadsproduce]

Jiggs our 20 year old Farm Dog in this awesome video just passed away last week. Thanks for getting this awesome footage of him!

[@StefanoCreatini]

Sorry to hear about your loss. Im glad I was able to film him in this video.

[@CharlesReedPi]

Good doggo

[@chadsproduce]

@@CharlesReedPi thank you. Miss him tons. He was a big part of this farm dream. Thanks for your comment.

[@CharlesReedPi]

@chadsproduce I understand, I sympathize. My cousin lost his dog and she was a huge part of our family growing up, Wish you fond memories

[@chadsproduce]

@@CharlesReedPiwe just adopted a 17 year old rescue dog full of energy. Going for the record. Appreciate your kind comments in a bitter sweet time for me. Thanks and please share this video with your friends. 🎉

[@yearofthegarden]

it's always nice to see a man who is thoroughly enthusiastic about the quality of his property

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate YOU ❤

[@fishinglifeforme]

adding wood chips and grass clippings for heat ,then putting your water thermal mass next to it for all year round growing is genius!!

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate YOU ❤

[@JonnnyStorm]

​@@chadsproduce great ideas here, i just want to make sure i follow. are you heating the water solely through the grass clippings and chips? what temp is the water at? and do you have to switch out the water at all or is it sealed once set?

[@chadsproduce]

@@JonnnyStorm everything seen in this video is a 10 to 15 year experiment. I have updated it all since the video. The water and everything else is original. I have made a wall of black plastic mulch over the water to add heat and keep the water as seen. The water cools during the day and warms during the night. During the morning it is cool and keeps the greenhouse cooler. During the night the heat transfer happens and keeps the greenhouse warmer. I will be posting new videos on this that I recorded today. Thanks for watching 😀

[@waterdog226]

Amazing! High energy video. Interesting.

[@Learner-t9r]

Me: 📝📝📝📝. Then: what is a water thermal mass?!?! 🗑️

[@lw1959]

So great that he wants more backyard food and less supermarkets!

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate YOU ❤

[@boa1793]

Less California grown stuff.

[@bonusking1224]

Definitely a mad scientist. If he could team up with some kind of organizational person, the sky is the limit. Excellent gardening.

[@mr_regenerative]

Seemed pretty organized, he is producing citrus in Utah with no heat.

[@chadsproduce]

@@mr_regenerative as the season goes on it gets very organized and a work of art. As it stands now thousands of Donut Peaches on the trees and Citrus Blooming. Folks in Utah still haven’t even planted yet.

[@Anonymous-km5pj]

the sky _IS_ the limit it's true....

[@chadsproduce]

@@Anonymous-km5pj yes I have a new idea that will revolutionize citrus growth in cold climates that costs nothing to grow them. What you are seeing is the results of a 10 year experiment. Great comment.

[@chadsproduce]

@@Anonymous-km5pjit really is. Have a new idea that beats this all out. Allowing Citrus Orchards in the middle of my Peach Orchards costing me ZERO. Stay tuned for this! It will blow your mind.

[@coleyboy1921]

I respect people who just make stuff work! Being a perfectionist can make you your own worst enemy - I know so many who would max out at a single one of these greenhouses because they'd want to keep it clean and trim!

[@chadsproduce]

Thank you for the nice comment. Try 80 mph winds on these greenhouses 3 days ago and still standing. Neighbors house has damage and backyard redwood swing set demolished. Greenhouses still going strong. One man farmer farming 5 different farms. If Brady Bunch Alice would work for less than 100k a year would hire her to do a daily dusting. 😊

[@BobRooney290]

it is perfection. on a budget. i'm sure it would look all royal and pretty if he spent thousands on a greenhouse. the end result is the same. the key is to not waste money you don have.

[@celestejohnson9227]

This is mind blowing. I’m in Utah with 1/3 acre and a house that’s not lived in. I bought it to garden and I could be growing year round? Things are going to get switched up with some of these methods.

[@chadsproduce]

Is always mind blowing to see the Grapefruit hanging out of a plastic door in the middle of Ogden. 🎉. Appreciate you ❤

[@winnipegnick]

I like the fact that he got the plastic from nurseries near by!

[@chadsproduce]

That is a farmers secret around here. Used plastic for cheap. Lasts another 5 to 10 years. How cool is that!

[@mollyskerness7385]

What kind of plastic is it? :)

[@stephsoundsystem914]

Thank you for saying the celsius too!!! It stopped me from having to pause the video, searching it, and getting distracted 😅

[@StefanoCreatini]

Anytime, and good reminder to keep doing it for future videos, thanks

[@bdsbckjdskl]

Ya , we all see these videos around the world, It’s good when they put the metric and standard in their dialogue 😊

[@danielthompson3205]

32F = 0C my basic rule 88f is basically 40C When the Americans complain about the heat that's now standard for regional OZ

[@smolpener7430]

@@danielthompson3205 also helps to know 212F is the boiling point of water, so 100C.

[@michellecelesteNW]

Wonderful that you're showing how to do this on a budget. Thank you! I'm so grateful you're making little places like Utah grow. Keep up the good work!

[@StefanoCreatini]

Thanks Michelle!

[@chadsproduce]

Doing this on a budget allows the opportunity to grow orchards of Citrus at an affordable level that everyone can do. A Walipini I would be lucky to afford just one in a lifetime. These I can build dozens as if they are mini plant covers.

[@christcg1]

Love the budget friendly greenhouse options

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate you. Thanks

[@eddybrevet6816]

Tarp between two cattle panels or similar mesh, fast, easy, low cost greenhouse ,

[@TreDeuce-qw3kv]

Amazing urban High Desert farm from fruits to vegies. A lot to be learned here by example. The creator is a gardening Rock Star.

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate you. Thanks.

[@christineferrario1700]

When I heard Syracuse! I had to back it up. OH MY GOSH. I'm on the east bench in Ogden. This really hits home. So impressive. One thing I learned, not to have the volcano mulch as it will encourage girdling (this can happen fast or over the next 10-20 years. Suggest to widen your mulch ring.

[@chadsproduce]

The main farm is in Ogden. We own property in Ogden and Syracuse. Awesome. ❤

[@lorihanby6733]

Love that this is being done right here in Utah!! Way to go Chad!!

[@chadsproduce]

Please share the video with your friends. We need to teach this to local folks. Thanks.

[@footballunites5172]

Похоже на Россию ❤❤❤

[@chadsproduce]

@@footballunites5172 appreciate you.

[@driverjamescopeland]

I can only imagine how awesome his yields are... no wind to loosen the blooms, and temp-controlled fruit set.

[@chadsproduce]

This year it will be unprecedented. Thousands of first run blooms and a second run of thousands happening now. All of the greenhouses have been refurbished too with two brand new ones and working on a third. Have Avocado trees planted and next will be banana. Thank you for watching and the awesome comment. ❤

[@jkomkaran4545]

Really innovative, adventurous, and inspiring. Thank u for featuring Chad, Stefano. And kudos to Chad going for this great idea of bale/straw heat generation and taking advantage of mulching. Terrific! indeed.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Anytime! , I found a lot of value in how Chad grows. I will be copying his model on my farm.

[@chadsproduce]

Thank you for the awesome comment. Appreciate it

[@jkomkaran4545]

Really, you beat many scientists in many ways, and many entrepreneurs, Chad!!! This is what I would say.

[@chadsproduce]

Very very appreciated. Thank you for the nice compliment.

[@jkomkaran4545]

@@StefanoCreatini That would be really awesome 👌

[@1014p]

Dig the green house into the ground, a geo thermal process. Good idea and he could just have high dirt wall with clear tarp over the top. However top lever will still be about ground height, get good track how. Certainly something I will consider if I get the land I’m looking for.

[@davinasquirrel7672]

The mounds of wood chips probably work better than just sunk in soil alone. I think the breaking down/composting aspect of the wood chips generates more heat. Just a theory.

[@discoverFigureitout]

Wow this is one of the coolest videos I’ve seen on KZbin..

[@chadsproduce]

I think it is revolutionary. You can’t even get a decent greenhouse for less than 5k and we are using recycled old canopies, 2x4s, plastic and growing very happy Citrus Crops. Right now they are in bloom. Probably ten thousand blooms right now. Daily videos online.

[@sarafriberg9689]

Great contribution to urban farming and fruit trees in the boreal climate!!! Thankyou!

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate you. ❤

[@marygalbraith1407]

What an amazing project in central Ogden! This was so exciting to see in my feed. I buy the "lemon spinach" almost every week at the summer market on 25th Street and it was so fun to see where it actually grows!

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate you. Share this video with your friends. Let’s get Ogden on the map.

[@La.Summer]

I want some if that lemon spinach,😋 ...and the bug device thing.

[@La.Summer]

Found them! Search for "Bectine." Good reviews. Ordered mine.

[@jgibbs6159]

A similar concept for cold weather citrus was done in Nebraska, and the guy dug trenches 8 feet deep for 100+ yards, put corrugated plastic drainage pipe 18" along the whole trench, and filled it in. The temp at 8ft is a constant 68 degrees, and he ran fans to suck in the air from the trenches to the greenhouse. So it cooled them in the summer and heated them in the winter. He had about 8 trenches and the green house was probably 100ft long, 40 ft wide. It worked really well for him, but this way is way less work :)

[@chadsproduce]

That is what we all dream of doing but few of us can afford. This is done being frugal and the best results on Citrus I have ever seen. They grow out of the windows feet and you can see them from the road reminding me of So Cali.

[@gg-gn3re]

~50 degrees, not 68 degrees lmao

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

@@gg-gn3re It depends on the location. In hotter places it might be as hot as 20°, and in very cold places it might be as cold as 5° (as it would be here) or permafrost (0° or less)

[@gg-gn3re]

@@ellenorbjornsdottir1166 we're talking about a specific person on a specific video with a specific location which is public and you can go visit. Only post if you know what you're talking about. Also what you said isn't really relevant, the underground activity matters more. Colorado and utah have plenty of 20C+ year around (good job changing the units mid convo) due to thermal activity. Other places that are hot have cold ground spots too. Generally it's 48F (9C) average globally. Next time at the very least keep the units the same, but ideally just don't post

[@ChronicAndIronic]

I know the video you’re talking about, he did it way better

[@1mattwilliams1]

This was really inspiring! All that water mass is genius. I'm in the low mountains and have been wanting to grow citrus so this was the greatest video ever for me. I'm planning a new greenhouse and putting an old woodstove in it. I'm going to increase the size to accomodate a ton of water barrels. Bravo, my man!!

[@StefanoCreatini]

Keep us posted

[@chadsproduce]

That sounds really interesting with a stove. Where are you located? I have always been in awe of bushcraft structures especially ones built to live up high in the mountains. Wood Stove sounds very efficient.

[@Prettykansasfarm]

This is all really interesting! I think I might have grabbed a few tips for my winter greenhouse! I do not use any heat in my cold Kansas greenhouse and have been amazed at what can be done!

[@medicinemom3620]

This is probably one of the best videos I have seen recently. This is something literally everyone can do, because it's so affordable and simple. Always see these extravagant greenhouses to do this stuff. Thank you!!!

[@chadsproduce]

We got a new idea called a Hobbit Hole Greenhouse. Will beable to grow dwarf citrus for $100. Will be releasing videos on this soon. Thanks so much for watching. ❤

[@medicinemom3620]

@@chadsproduce I cannot wait to see it! Our original idea was an in ground greenhouse. We have a very sloped property and would be easy to slide it into a hill. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@chadsproduce]

@@medicinemom3620 love the idea of building into Woodchip piles. Decomposing organic matter to heat tropical fruit. Like a volcano greenhouse. Thanks for watching

[@MegaCasey09]

Traditionally citrus in freezing areas like italy or russia would half bury the greenhouse rather than adding mulch, that way the ground heats the greenhouse without needing decomposing mulch for heat

[@chadsproduce]

That is a great idea but for me is very costly. Also we have a high water table. Lastly the soil is not as rich down feet deep as it is at ground level. The mulch also fertilizes the trees is why they are so lush and big.

[@JCC_1975]

My birthday this year my husband bought me a greenhouse. I've always wanted one. (I think he was just tired of living in a jungle lol) I've been researching how to passively heat it since the slightest storm knocks our power out year round. I'm definitely doing this!! I have so many tropical plants that need to stay warm. Looks like I have just found my way💜💜 from one garden addict to another 💜 happy growing 💜

[@StefanoCreatini]

Let’s us know how it goes

[@chadsproduce]

Thanks for watching and Stefano videotaping this. Keep us posted on how it goes for you. Would be happy to answer any questions. Many many updates and new greenhouses built on the Ogden Farm.

[@danielthompson3205]

Mate, i am Australian, i grew up quite literally at a university, most my time was in the horticultural section and reseach farms, as they ended up been mh playgrounds. This guy is doing what manh i belive in permaculture, but a hybrid one. I rember reading and seeing these techniques in the feilds by researchers, students and govement organisations (CSIRO). Its extremely effective as this guy has shown especially coupled with the green housing. Daym. Keep it up mate

[@danielthompson3205]

And because of this upbringing on my dad's behalf, aLot of this in vid is amazing to others, but is basic life to me.. Oh nice, he also has hydro setup running to. hell yer

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate your comments greatly. I am now investing my efforts in building hobbit houses to grow citrus in right smack in the middle of my orchards. Love what you’re saying that this is all hybrid permaculture. Right on the dot mate. ❤

[@helentc]

Awesome innovation Chad! Very cool. I hope to have a greenhouse very soon. Thanks for the tip for getting old greenhouse plastic!

[@chadsproduce]

Keep us posted on this comment thread about your greenhouse. Love hearing what people can do with a little imagination. 😊

[@smolpener7430]

For those who are unaware. Ogden winter nights stay around 25 degrees Fahrenheit (-4 Celsius), for around 4 months of the year, and will hover around freezing for another 2 months.

[@chadsproduce]

Ogden is a zone 6B with the lowest winter temperature near 5 to 10. While these trees have been in it has been below zero. Interesting facts. Thanks for your comment.

[@originalguckfoogle]

That's not even that cold though, its like south carolina.

[@chadsproduce]

@@originalguckfoogle What makes Utah much much more colder than South Carolina is that the temps hover below freezing for extended periods sometimes up to a month long. Daytime highs at times when pollution and inversions set in sometimes don’t go above freezing for a week and I have seen that for several weeks before. Gets very brown outdoors and miserable. These greenhouses are a breath of fresh air in a cold place.

[@LoriSeaborg]

What he said at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="674">11:14</a> . Yes! It would be wonderful to harvest across America year-round. "Utah-grown grapefruit" has a nice ring to it. :)

[@chadsproduce]

I looked at a map and thought to myself there is little to no production of food in the United States in the winter. Or most of the world in fact. We HAVE to change this now. Start a food revolution

[@thomasturbato7021]

@@chadsproduce that's bcz u need the sun for make fruit tasty... this oranges for sure are like water..

[@chadsproduce]

@@thomasturbato7021 actually when I hold back the water it makes the oranges and especially peaches MUCH sweeter. Plenty of light to grow beautiful citrus which I am harvesting for market in two weeks.

[@thomasturbato7021]

@@chadsproduce no i mean they taste like water, they have basically no taste

[@justinciallella4724]

My citrus ripens up over the winter, in an unheated greenhouse. It's definitely not like water.​@@thomasturbato7021

[@WorthyWorkmen2024]

This is Simply beautiful , thanks for the tour and bringing us tubers along on the journey❤❤❤

[@chadsproduce]

Come take a summer tour. Looks 100 times better right this second ❤. Thanks for the awesome comments. Glad you enjoyed.

[@CJMVector321190]

People need to realise you do not need a lot of space to be self sufficient all year. Just a good plastic greenhouse and a plan to rotate crops so you always produce something. I use grass clippings as in the UK local government now charges to take green garden waste away. So i do my street for free. I then give them back compost in return. Add in a few chickens and you will be amazed what you can do. This guy needs to write a book or get funding to take on young people to train and share knowledge. Not glamorous but very important.

[@chadsproduce]

It looks really really really nice now. I invite you to follow us on our new projects including hobbit houses to grow citrus right smack in our peach orchards.

[@davidvice9291]

This is an unbelievably inspiring video. Amazing work!

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate you taking the time to watch. Do you enjoy gardening ? Greenhouses ?

[@helenbarton2839]

What a smart bastard ! I love it.

[@chadsproduce]

Glad I am not a smart ass ❤. Thanks for watching ❤❤

[@nathanielratcliff1105]

I am loving this video. I'm starting school for permaculture tomorrow and would love to see an online training course on how to do this on one's property.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Chad social media would be a good start, I know he’s building a new one

[@chadsproduce]

We have just completed two brand new greenhouses that both actually cost under 1000$ to build. These will both be converted to compost only heated greenhouses growing things like Avocados and Mangos. In the description of this video has ways to keep in touch with our building. We now have 16 operating greenhouses on five urban properties. Thanks for watching.

[@susanjordan2130]

Wow. I'm so impressed with all you are doing.♥️

[@scottfraser706]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="868">14:28</a> "my wife would not allow this in my house" 😂😂. Also just amazing a very smart man even has stand up arcade machines in the grow house thats a literal grow house

[@chadsproduce]

Hahahaha. Like my arcade machines? 11 in the house including original pac man, donkey Kong, Mario bros, Double Dragon, Pole Position, Popeye.

[@441rider]

​@@chadsproduce Scramble was a great game and Stargate LOL! Had the Charlies Angels pinball machine. Great garden and greenhouses the citrus is impressive.

[@chadsproduce]

@@441rider for reals? The video doesn’t say that inside this house there are 11 machines. Including Popeye, double dragon, neo geo, pole position. Who would think a racing game with steering wheel inside of a farm house. 😊

[@441rider]

@@chadsproduce Citrus are a good visual game got the bug here in Canada too! Converting a BR into the emergency winter greenhouse gut working on my mini compost aluminum air duct heating this week or two.

[@spinderella3602]

Chad, I love how you think and how you innovate.

[@chadsproduce]

🍊 🧑‍🌾 ❤️

[@StefanoCreatini]

Chads the best!

[@colbybrundige4423]

Wow, as someone who lived in Salt lake, this fascinates me. I've always thought that citrus needs higher humidity climates, not just warmth, to grow. I know Utah is DRY, so this is so cool to see.

[@chadsproduce]

Glad you enjoyed. Currently the citrus are outside the windows 2 feet in the crazy Utah Weather. Making them over 12 feet tall in May. Thanks for watching.

[@adobedirtblues1321]

I hope you are the future secretary of agriculture for the USA at some point dude, you are amazing. This was an absolute delight to watch. And I love the fact that the plastic is all recycled! ❤️❤️❤️

[@chadsproduce]

The greenhouses are recycled too hahahaha. Stefano would not want to have a video called Greenhouses constructed out of garbage. Thanks for watching ❤

[@NEONWAVE3000]

What a smart Chad! Very inspirational concept tbh. Glorious.

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate YOU. Thanks

[@juancervantes313]

There's a guy on here that does this in Colorado, he digs deeper and uses PVC pipe ventilation underground so you don't need mulch and water storage underneath and he maintains a perfect warm temperature even in the middle of winter.

[@chadsproduce]

I don’t understand why anybody goes underground. The best of the topsoil is lost. This is why my trees are so huge is because we don’t go underground. The compost fertilizes the trees for massive production. 20 times more citrus for this winter. I see ultra beautiful greenhouses but not the same production we get. We get enough fruit to take to farmers markets.

[@abrahamlincoln26]

This is awesome! This is exactly what I'm hoping to do up here in Maine. I plan on digging below grade by a few feet. Berm u up the excavation material, then top off with green waste as I can get it. I'm not sure what to expect for input and output yet. The property is about 175 miles from my house, but it's only about 30 miles from Bangor, which is one of the bigger cities in Maine. It's a college town with some very nice food culture (restaurants). Do it should be a good outlet for whatever I grow. I'll I'm starting to build a camp so I can stay up there for longer periods of time until I move up there permanently. My question for you is: you've got at least 3 different locations. Do you have trouble with vandalism or theft or food? What do you do for security? Your greenhouses look awesome! Keep up the good work@

[@chadsproduce]

Good question. I have been robbed before at the Syracuse property. Have had peaches and beets stolen at the Ogden property. Very rare. As I get older I get smarter. Thanks for the comments. We have two brand new beautiful greenhouses built at the first property in an empty area. Thinking of a third. All greenhouses updated and refurbished too. 🎉

[@if2069]

Wow! I'm speechless! Thanks for the video!

[@chadsproduce]

Like I said in the last comment. It all is day and night different now. Have had eight months to perfect the system , build 6 new greenhouses and a totally new idea that we have done with 2 brand new Hobbit Greenhouses just built that we will be talking more about soon. ❤. Thanks so much for watching.

[@thudang5298]

Love this! Thanks for the share!

[@StefanoCreatini]

Thanks for watching!

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate you. ❤

[@suntz8736]

I think this has become my new favorite YT Channel!!! I'm sure I'll be binge watching all your videos with my wife!

[@chadsproduce]

Such great quality videos by Stefano I binge watch myself when I get a break from farming. He has some really good new videos 🎉

[@siennas2011]

This is incredible! Kudos to Chad ❤

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate YOU. Thanks!

[@benmarxxshow]

I really love all of what's being done! Chad is doing a great service to his community, and I'm impressed! Thanks for showing everyone his farms, Stefano! I'll have to look into a Harbor Freight tool shed, and then using water barrels and wood chips. I'd probably want to investigate/add some sort of geothermal heating element by digging 4 feet deep, and running tubes under ground to circulate the air. But even without that, the price is too good for the results I've seen, and it doesn't seem like a huge piece of land is necessarily required, which is excellent for me and my little 1/4 acre lot. Thanks again!

[@elliottdebell7783]

Dude has flawless skin 😄 what a character. The genius thing is that the decomposing straw will up CO2 hugely!

[@chadsproduce]

I was thinking that too. How is my skin looking good when I have been farming for almost 30 years. Interesting analysis. 🧐

[@jacobklingel1026]

Excellent video! Lots of inspirational ideas that I would like to incorporate into my next greenhouse build. I dont believe that I'll be able to pull off citrus trees though being located in Nikiski Alaska Zone 5A, but maybe I can keep cold hardy crops alive through the winter. My last greenhouse I built incorporated a six-inch batch box rocket mass heater that fed into a raised masonry bed. I was cropping vegetables before folks were planting their seedlings. Thanks again for the excellent information!!

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate you ❤. I think you could easily pull off Kumquats which are very hardy. Pomegranates and Figs. Keep us posted. Awesome!

[@ahambrahmasmi-qk9ui]

I bet this very clever man gets so much hassle from his neighbours. I'd live next door to him no problem.

[@chadsproduce]

My educated neighbors are more concerned about the real EYE sore that the city allowed building of. The local Costco being built. Put a like on this comment if you agree!! 🎉

[@davidb2206]

Same here. I support liberty and property rights FOR MY NEIGHBORS above all. If THEY are not free, I won't be, either!

[@chadsproduce]

@@davidb2206 When food becomes scarce because of a so called national emergency 🆘 these same neighbors will be my doors begging for food. This happened when Covid came to be in March 2020. All of a sudden my email went nuts with customers wanting food from our farms.

[@chadsproduce]

@@davidb2206funny thing about my neighbors. One runs an illegal dog park operation. Another hasn’t mowed his lawn in over a year. Others are very nice people. Another has Woodchips for a lawn. Another has a backyard that looks like an industrial complex. The big five story houses behind just were built. Five years ago that was a cow field and I could see clear to Nevada. Point being I think people need to open their eyes to living by urban farmers as a privilege and not a detriment.

[@scottdarroch9003]

I'm in awe of your way of.thinking Chad, you provoke me. Seriously awesome. Keep teaching.

[@chadsproduce]

Have tons of new projects including hobbit houses to grow citrus right in the middle of our orchards. Please follow us.

[@TheEmbrio]

Marketing sorel as lemon spinach is so funny, i’ll try it with my kids. Also, winter strawberries are my kind of closet-grown drug. Lol

[@StefanoCreatini]

It’s a genius tactic for farmers market, no matter what you call it, it’s still sorrel

[@chadsproduce]

We called it Sorrel for a decade and nobody would buy it. Yes we love the closet garden. Have huge strawberries in there right now

[@nancymcdonald6890]

I am impressed by what he has done he's done a awesome job with his greenhouses. He might want to try growing strawberries in rain gutters instead of pots and hang them just above his head. I have seen them grown that way and the fruit hang down over the side of the rain gutter to be picked easily. It is unfortunate that stone fruit and apple trees have to be replanted after 25 to 30 years. Grafted trees just don't last fore ever, speaking from experience. I was also told this by a Priest who had graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a horticultural degree. Citrus will last for years though and a orange trees grafted on Flying Dragon rootstock will keep your orange trees under 5-6 feet tall. I have a 4-5 foot 39 yr old Robinson Navel orange tree that is on a flying Dragon dwarf root stalk. The flying Dragon Dwarf rootstock unfortunately will no do the same with limes and lemons. Getting the plastic so cheaply is so great but plastic would be shattered after a couple of our wind storms. We get 90+mph wind gusts. Dragon Fruit is a cactus not a tree. I'm planning on getting a 25" x 15" lean-to greenhouse in the next couple of years. I have to wait to redo my solar system as the greenhouse placement would make clearing the roof top solar panels of snow more difficult.

[@chadsproduce]

Great comment. The rain gutter will be strawberries or dwarf Yellow Sun Sugar Tomatoes. Thanks for watching. Wind is our biggest nemesis on the farms.

[@490209205]

trust me, this video is REAL underrated due to the global economic hardness.

[@StefanoCreatini]

I agree, hard times headed our way. The end of cheap resources coming

[@chadsproduce]

This year it will be unprecedented. Thousands of first run blooms and a second run of thousands happening now. All of the greenhouses have been refurbished too with two brand new ones and working on a third. Have Avocado trees planted and next will be banana. Thank you for watching and the awesome comment. ❤

[@paulking54]

Great array of trees and plants Mr. A lesson for us all how to harness biomass and its breaking down to create heat. That expression when you tried that strawberry says I lot... Miss my strawbs, need to sort my bed out this year. Thanks for your video. Sorry to hear about that nice guys dowgy.

[@chadsproduce]

I am missing the doggy too. The farmers markets are ending and would look forward to our Halloween season walks together. Very hard time for the farmer. Lots of memories.

[@angelofamillionyears4599]

You should publish a book about this so it can be duplicated.

[@breakdown2878]

Paul gauci back to edin

[@angelamanning7122]

Amazing! Congratulations to your success!

[@cannabisresistance6757]

Chad respect from Czech. 👍👍

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate the comment. Thank you. ❤

[@antonsund7170]

Really love the approach! If everybody tells You, it´s never gonna work, and You make it work, it´s the best feeling ever. Homegrown oranges must taste fabulous!

[@chadsproduce]

We have taken this video and gone up to the next level since it was shot. The ideas are ever evolving and being perfected. Oranges from the Irvine California Farmers Market with a velvet texture and fist pumping flavor inspired this. ❤

[@KokoraLife]

So inspirational! Thank you.

[@chadsproduce]

Glad you enjoyed it. Entire farms look different now than when this video was taken. 6 new greenhouses now and some new hidden advancements we have figured out that we will be talking about soon. 🔜. This will be the introduction to our two new Hobbit Greenhouses and what’s inside. Stay tuned.

[@lewispaine4589]

Brilliant, the world needs more guys like Chad

[@chadsproduce]

Thanks for watching. We have built 4 new compost heated large greenhouses on property #1 since this video was taken.

[@pushinpositivity33]

This is an amazing conglomeration of ideas & techniques working cohesively! Definitely gave me tons of ideas for my future citrus greenhouse here in Denver. Much Love & Positivity to you 👊

[@n9ne]

strawberries instead of grass sounds awesome. i had a massive 3ft by 3ft strawberry plant at my old house that would feed me 20lb worth of berries every year just from 1 plant that spread out by itself over a couple years. i can't believe how much $ people spent on strawberries when it grows so easily.

[@chadsproduce]

We are currently working on about 2 acres of massive strawberry plant bushes instead of lawns. Am documenting this. That is so cool your results. 3 by 3 foot bed with 20 pounds!? Wow 🎉

[@544agent]

Love this. I have 80 trees in zone 9 and it’s amazing what the wood chips do

[@chadsproduce]

Love the citrus trees. They are super happy right now. 20x times the fruit right this second compared to when this video was taken

[@positiveme4063]

This is incredible... I will look into the outdoor winter gardens .. especially the oranges. I will be moving to upper California area in a few months

[@chadsproduce]

We will be in California next week. Driving down Lemon Street in Anaheim gave me this idea. I wanted to take Southern California home but had to do it affordable because I am a market farmer.

[@Alexanderyayaya]

This is amazing! Thanks for sharing. I live in Minnesota and have always wanted to attempt citrus.

[@chadsproduce]

This would work great in Minnesota. In fact Figs and Pomegranates grow even easier in this than Citrus. You may try them too.

[@justinjones5578]

Chads a real… Chad! Just followed him on FB and now subscribed to your KZbin! Looking forward to creepin on your channel

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate you and your following of me. Next step hobbit houses and citrus right in the middle of our peach orchards. ❤❤

[@juliahelland6488]

Loved this video! It doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to be the right temperature! 😊 💯❣️

[@chadsproduce]

It is pretty now. Did a major refurbishment. 😊

[@maggietaylor9713]

Amazing abundance. I'm so impressed. Skills and planning and work efficient. Wow thanks for sharing. 😊

[@StefanoCreatini]

Anytime

[@chadsproduce]

Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for watching.

[@majdiawad1282]

This is so awesome brother! I am actually working on a sustainable resiliance project I al trying to do my Political Science PhD on. Great work brother!

[@chadsproduce]

Awesome comment. What exactly are you working on for your PhD? As of today we have built 2 large new greenhouses and refurbished 2 more that where sitting idle with the goal of a more expanded Citrus Orchard, growing on ground without heaters. Am expanding to Avocado trees which we just planted last week and Mangos too. All greenhouses in this video updated with the help of some handymen 😀👍Sounds like you have some great ideas and would love to hear more. Cheers 🥂

[@300desmone]

I'm blown away by how fuck amazingly gorgeous and beautiful this is and I'm grateful such beautiful people exist, I absolutely love it wow

[@chadsproduce]

We spent all summer refurbishing it and making it more beautiful. We have a new invention. A hobbit greenhouse which will allow one and all to grow citrus in $100 greenhouses. I have this documented and will release videos and photos soon. From 20 year old Jiggs to the bushcraft style greenhouses this video showcases some cool things that I am thankful are out there for people like you to see. ❤. Thanks for watching

[@TRINITY-ks6nw]

Thank you

[@hippo4190]

RockstarfarmerChad really stands up to his name. Loved the video!

[@chadsproduce]

Got a new idea The $100 “Hobbit” Greenhouses will revolutionize this even further. Will allow one and all to grow citrus anywhere for $100. All documented recorded planted and will be released soon. Including how to build one in your backyard. Thanks so much for watching

[@thecookreporting]

Exciting and pushing growing and creativity- whilst being cost effective. Crazy

[@chadsproduce]

The magical point of this video is that YOU can do this too for cheap. Lately we are constructing new greenhouses monthly that are costing under 1k. Getting free organic material from lawn and Woodchip companies. Mulching our greenhouses and the results are 20 fold more citrus this winter than when this video was taken. Thanks so much for watching ❤

[@JasonsGreenSleeves]

Wow!!! IAbsolutely amazing!

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate YOU ❤

[@JasonsGreenSleeves]

@@chadsproduce Namaste🌿🙏💚🙂

[@chadsproduce]

@@JasonsGreenSleeves thank you for watching and the comment. Appreciated.

[@permacultisdruid3867]

Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Thanks for watching

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate YOU. Thanks for your comment.

[@katsybo]

I’m very impressed.

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate you ❤

[@lawncaretoamillion]

What a cool dude and a cool project. Love this

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate you thanks!

[@The_Gallowglass]

You can also run copper coils through the wood chips / compost and heat water that way.

[@chadsproduce]

Interesting comment. Have you tried this with success ?

[@The_Gallowglass]

@@chadsproduce yes. I've seen it in videos too. Those piles of straw, wood chips, compost generate a lot of heat as they decompose. Mine was rudimentary, just one pile, with gravity fed water, through copper tube and on the other end a spigot.

[@chadsproduce]

@@The_Gallowglass very interesting comment. Sounds like a great plan with more extra heat coming in. Thanks 😊

[@supermariosu]

I do like some good oranges, having a break and eating a delicious fruit is surely one of the joys of life.

[@chadsproduce]

Was always fun to do this. Sit on the ground gaze at the trees with 20 year old Jiggs in my lap ❤

[@StefanoCreatini]

1000%

[@StefanPeterHuber]

A lot to learn here!!!

[@chadsproduce]

Glad you enjoyed it. I have also watched the video many times and have made these farms and homes drastically improved over the summer for a huge crop of citrus this upcoming winter with six new greenhouses. 🥶

[@StefanoCreatini]

Yeah! and getting trees to that size takes some time too.

[@polly8844]

Great ideas thank you!

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate you ❤

[@belavet]

So, I think I missed a crucial part of this all. How is the temperature staying warm enough for these cirrus trees inside without heat? Was it the constant decomposition of straw and plant matter producing the heat?

[@StefanoCreatini]

Yup!

[@chadsproduce]

Three things happening. Sandwich effect or decomposing green waste in between plastic layers. Water Mass heating at night. Wood Chip mulch on the outside holding it in like the bread on a sandwich.

[@waterwii5775]

dibs on having this guy in my apocalypse squad

[@chadsproduce]

Need me to grow the food and the famous “Army Ranger” bunker guy to build you a house and we are set 😊😊

[@CalebSemalion]

Props to this guy, amazing work.

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate it. Thanks for watching.

[@iva4856]

I'm all for maximum utilization of land and for greenhouses. You have all that unused land, so much room for growth.

[@chadsproduce]

4 brand new large greenhouses built on that unused land. I thought the same thing. Full sized avocado trees next to see. Thank you for watching.

[@allanparker20]

I am a passive thermal greenhouse designer. This is an excellent variation on what is known as the dutch oven greenhouse. Only problem i see is that wood chip and straw mulch are becoming more and more popular so accessibility and cost increases could be an issue in the future.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Awesome, would love to hear more about your designs

[@chadsproduce]

Have become friends with tree services and they use my farms for green waste deliveries for free. Love it the Dutch Oven method. Awesome learned something new!

[@allanparker20]

​@@chadsproducebasic design is hey or straw put in a pit in the floor. Moistened and composting all winter. Compost is removed in the spring.

[@chadsproduce]

@@allanparker20 that is so cool you know this. We keep adding and adding as it decomposes. I checked today and literally thousands of red wiggler worms. Such a great idea that our ancestors had in place for us to learn from.

[@allanparker20]

​@@chadsproduce that's great Chad, those things also have good dollar value , about 100 bucks a lb. Couple things you might want to watch for. Soil nutrient imbalance may occur due to using the same compost agents. Have it tested and add in required amendments. Worm colonies can be infested by red mites . If this happens , lower the ph by adding crushed oyster shells.

[@RyanCrissman]

Breathtaking

[@chadsproduce]

It is right now. Follow us to see our new projects and all refurbishments to all of our greenhouses.

[@nopelindoputraperkasa5869]

Nice sharing Vidio 🇲🇨🌼✋👍👍

[@chadsproduce]

Glad YOU enjoyed it. Please share it with your friends so we can teach these vitally important farm techniques.

[@TheHKDS]

I love It when he said this is really weird stuff folks. I love the passion in farmers. ❤

[@chadsproduce]

I get these ideas that come to me while farming in the great outdoors. Half the time I don’t even understand it. The farming gods sometimes speak to you when in the farming zone in your mind.

[@johnnyhorton5984]

Wow! Chad should be on the top of a column in Trafalgar Square, or somewhere in front of Buckingham Palace so that everyone can look up at him and admire! Amazing! Utterly brilliant! Utterly wonderful insights! And, an inspiration! If I was the King I would knight him Sir Chad!!! :):):) Awesome!

[@chadsproduce]

Appreciate you and glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Be careful with the volcano mulching of the trees. Make sure it's not piling up on the trunk. If it does, over time, the bark under the mulch will get devoured and the tree will die. Make a volcano doughnut and get the same benefits and keep your trunk safe.

[@chadsproduce]

Great comment. Is weird but the trunks haven’t decomposed at all. In fact it keeps the borers out. The Woodchips decompose so quick it has never been an issue.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

How long have you been doing it?The bark gets eaten over time, it could be several years, but it could mean the difference between a tree that lives 10 years and one that lives well beyond 100 years. @@chadsproduce

[@chadsproduce]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculturepeach trees do not live 100 years. 10 to 20 if your lucky. The tree trunks are beautiful.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Short life for a tree.

[@chadsproduce]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture have a friend who has some peach trees about 25 years old with huge trunks. They are done and his orchard soil spent. That is why we use the Woodchips. The peach trees grew four feet in one year after we put mounds around them.

[@Fun.Guy.Forager]

I have been doing these practices for decades now. Similar method on how I do my raised garden beds year round with lowest temp being -35 degrees F. I was planning on doing a inground green house using these methods from earth homes I've researched.

[@Fun.Guy.Forager]

I never have to water my raised garden beds using the old German method. I do water them if I want to speed the process up. ill walk out Sunday pick the produce that looks promising for the day of the week I want it. I supplement water to quicken the growth process to be done by the day that I want it.

[@Fun.Guy.Forager]

I had an idea of converting my entire property into a partial greenhouse using these methods I could reduce the cold weather and grow tropical plants throughout my property making a micro climate. I've already started with planting hardy trees as a wind break and planting zone 5/6 plants (PAW PAWs) in a zone 3/4 region. I will loose some trees over time due to freak winters. But I already have fruits and seems to be growing good. The grass has grown in nicely in these areas making a moist microclimate.

[@Fun.Guy.Forager]

I originally started with hardy banana trees planting them and before winter cutting the leaves off and placing barrels over the stem packing with insulation to keep them from dyeing. Once spring temps come around I take the plastic barrels off and instantly it starts growing from where it left off last year.

[@chadsproduce]

Awesome comments. Love That we have some additional mad scientists watching. Keep up the great work friend

[@organicrecreations1338]

I found this to be a highly informative and sustainable low cost option for food production. Growing all year round in the northern hemisphere is tricky as the light casts shadows depending on one's location. He's fortunate to be having such wide open skies and year round sun to work with. His method of producing his starts is solely electricity reliant. It would be nice to find ways to grow in dark spaces, but without the costs involved with keeping the plants properly lit. Solar power options for indoor lighting would surely be more sufficient, but how practical is it long term? I'd love to know more about indoor lighting options for plants in general. LED lights verses glass bulbs... the benefits for utilizing aluminum foil like he has done. Low cost materials, but is the waste from all this truly sustainable for the planet? It's cool to take in what is working for others and I find the art of food crafting to be a constant healthy challenge to experiment and see what works for your area, soil type, etc. Very helpful video, thanks for producing it for our shared wisdom.

[@2marr0present16]

Thank you

[@StefanoCreatini]

You're welcome

[@DoozyyTV]

If i had the space Id definitely try it

[@chadsproduce]

Got a new idea The $100 “Hobbit” Greenhouses will revolutionize this even further. Will allow one and all to grow citrus anywhere for $100. All documented recorded and will be released soon. This will allow one and all to grow citrus for super cheap in any size of yard. Thanks so much for watching

[@juliosdiy3206]

The oranges r amazing.

[@chadsproduce]

They are ripe now. Thousands of new blooms and a new crop of baby citrus. 🍊. Thanks for the comment.

[@cocospops9351]

I'm growing citrus and passionfruit in ireland, in an underground greenhouse

[@chadsproduce]

Sounds like an awesome Oasis you have to sit and dream inside !? Thanks for watching. ❤

[@IgorL-rv1mn]

Living the dream

[@chadsproduce]

The dream is crazy insanely hard work. I don’t think I have had much of a complete day off since March. 😊. Thanks for watching.

[@Blueswedishbeauties]

Awesome informative video chad and stefano

[@chadsproduce]

Thank you Stefano for the fun time documenting this. Everything from barking dogs. Nosey neighbors and lack of snow to show in an Utah Winter. Big snow a week later. It all worked out and was a fun day.